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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

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Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old buildings

… Society Johnson's or Potato Island with Harry Johnson's boat yard and the Patch Medicinal Oil factory where cod liver oil was pressed.

Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page

Benjamin Page (1770 - 1844) practiced medicine, performed minor surgery and sold patent medicine. His proficiency in the field of obstetrics earned…

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

… starch which is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other products. Potatoes that are not suitable for sale as table stock are…

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

… and in Health Hallowell's Contribution To Modern Medicine In the years following the Revolution many trained physicians came to the Kennebec…

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

… in pursuit of what Ulrich describes as "social medicine," traveled in all kinds of weather, including storms and floods.

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

After attending medical school he practiced medicine in Virginia but returned to Hallowell in 1830 and set up his practice in a small office off…

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

… and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order patent-medicine concern. The largest single employer, established after the Civil War, was the granite…

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

So, without hospitals or medicine, people would get to the point where they die. Also, if they don’t die they could have to be home sick for the rest…